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Well its time i post what i have been up to the last couple of months. For those who are interested, here is my story. For those who are'nt, your welcome to skip through the photos!

So last autoX season i was running my Subaru Impreza which was also my daily driver at the time. It had a couple of tasteful mods as well as some "go fast" mods and did pretty good finishing 3rd in C class.

Throughout the season i was constently bugging my brother (sb_600, currently building the m52) to let me drive his e36 for one of the events. He finally caved and let me co-drive it at the final event of the season. I instantly fell in love and knew i had to have a car like this. So it was time to get serious for next season and build a dedicated track car.

After the event i got right down to researching what was out there, and what my options were. I quickly decided i wanted to build an e30. It worked out well as Shawn so happened to purchase an m50 block before he found the m52 and had no use for it. Needless to say, the m50 block would go to good use in an e30.

So after a couple of months of searching, i found this:

A 1991 318is, which would make for a perfect starting platform.

Not too long after picking it up, i started tearing it down.
Removing Tar:
Wiring removed:
Rust!!

After I got the interior stripped, i moved on to remove the engine. I decided that the easiest way to do it would be to raise the car off the engine/tranny (since the car was already on the lift) instead of trying to manouver it out with the hoist.

Pulled the wiring harness through the firewall and disconnected the fuel lines, throttle cable, steering knuckle. Also pulled out the rad and a/c compressor and condensor.

Unbolted the tranny crossmember and hooked it up withe a strap to make it easier on myself when dropping it.

After the engine was out, the bay was in need of some major clean up. Started by pulling out the brake booster, master cylinder, abs, and power steering pump. As well as all the heat shielding and sound deadning.

Some more rust that needs attention.

And so the body work begins! I decided to shave off all the tabs that are not needed with the m50